Bee-hive



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BEE HIVB.

No. 343,212. Patented June 8, 1886.

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BEE HIVE.

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JAMES F. XVALKER, OF BRANDENBURG, KENTUCKY.

BEE-HIVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 343,212, dated June 8,1886.

Application tiled February l, 1886. Serial No. 190,497. (No model.)

' to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

The special object of the invention is to improve the generalconstruction by introducing new features thereof, as hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

Figurel of the drawings is a vertical crosssection of my bee-hive. Fig.2 is a longitudinal view, the same showing the comb-frames and theirsliding support; Fig. 3, a perspective view of the alighting strip orplatform and its cap. Fig. 4 is a detail view showing the block; Fig. 5,a perspective view of the hive with the doors opened; Fig. 6, aperspective view of the'broodcomb-frames resting on the part whichslides and carries them 5 Fig. 7, a front View showing the bee platformand entrance; Fig. 8, a detail view of the wiregauze attachable in anddetachable from the side of the honey-comb compartment. Fig. 9 is avertical section on line x x of Fig. 4.

In the drawings, Arepresentsahive divided by a partition, A/, into twocompartmentsone for breeding and the other for surplus honey.

a is a horizontal slot in the front side of the hive for the entranceand exit of the bees, the same communicating with both compartments.

In the partition A is the slot c, through which and through slot a worksthe slide-block B, by which the slot c may be increased or diminished insize or closed. Under the slot a, and in front of the hive, is thealightingplatform C, upon which is placed a cap, D. Between thisplatform and cap is formed a cavity, c5, by beveling the part C at c onthe upper side of the longitudinal median rib c and notching the rib ato2; also, by rabbeting and cutting away the under sideof cap D.

This allows the moths to pass up through the notches e2 into saidcavity, from which they find their way through hive-holes c" into thespaces below wire-ganzes in each compartment, whence they cannot get tothe brood or surplus-honey frames H R.

The moths can be taken out on the trays under the wire-ganzes. Thesetrays F F slide in and out, serving also to catch the bee- Waste, beingsupported on guide-blocksfffj".

Each one of the brood comb-frames H has a rearward projection, h,apertured to receive a pivotal pin on the upper edge of the board I,which is fast on the slide-frame J, which carries the wire-gauze G.

In frame J are holes h5, to receive pivotpieces hon the bottom of thecomb-frames H. Thus each frame is held and can be turned on two pivots,concentrically arranged, and all have side studs, h2, to regulate theirdistance apart. By this construction they may be taken out together onthe slide-frame J by withdrawing it wholly or partially from the hivethrough the open side thereof, (which can be closed by the door 1),) andthen each one examined separately.

In the honey-chamber I use comb-frames R, suspended by end projectionson rabbets of the chamber sides in the usual way, and these may belifted out by removing the sliding cover K, which is held in place by acleat and hook. Under these frames R there is a wiregauze, G', and underthis a tray, F', to catch the wasteand the moths. The tray is supportedby strips f', `and may be removed through a small doorway opened orclosed by the door L. There is also a large doorway, through which thecomb-frames H and their supporting-frames are taken out or put in.

The hive may be nicely and readily ventilated by means of the spacesunder the combframes, the doors, and the slots.

M is a wire-gauze screen having two end bars, m m, sharpened to entergrooves m in the framing just above the doorway, that is opened orclosed by door L. When this door is swung down, the frame M can be putin place, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Thus moths on the tray Fcannot possibly escape when the door L is opened to permit the hive tobe ventilated and the air to pass through freely. Around the slide-frameJ, I

fasten a strip, j, to keep it at a suitable distance from the walls ofhive.

If it is intended that the bees shall work only in the brood-chamber,the pivoted latch a2 is thrown up while the latch a is thrown down, andthe slide-block B pushed through slot a into slot a', so as to close thelatter. The bees can thus be forced to work in either compartment orallowed access to both, or either of the compartments can be separatelyexamined by confining the bees to the other.

The moths cannot enter the hive easily through slot a, as the bees moreor less protect the entrance; but they can enter without hinderance frombeneath the platform C and into the cavity o5, as is intended, 'theybeing induced so to do by the smell ofthe honey and the light whichenters from the ends of the rabbeted part of cap D. The holes a* lead toa hole or holes, a5, in frame J, and in that of the honey-compartmentover a ledge or bridge, a, so that the moths may get under the wiregauzeG.

3 is a notch in the partition l, for the purpose of forming a passwaybetween the two compartments, so that, when desired, the bees may passfrom one to the other.

When the bees are permitted to work in both compartments, both of thedoors a2 as are raised or opened and slide B removed. Both of the doorscan be closed, and the slota thus closed entirely, when it is sodesired. The entrance to the hive and the connection slot a', and thehinged doors a2 a in front of 45 slot a, as and for the purposedescribed.

2. In a bee-hive, the combination, with honey-frame It, arranged over awire-gauze, G', and a doorway opening into the space under saidwire-gauze, of a removable wiregauze, M, having the sharpened endpieces, m m, fitting across said doorway and into slots m', as and forthe purpose set forth.

3. In a bee-hive, the combination, with a platform, C, and cap D, thelatter having the intermediate cavity, c, of the hive provided with theopening a and ledge or bridge a, and the frame J, having the holes a, asand for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof l affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES F. VALKER.

Vitnesses:

W. H. GoUGH, C. C. FAIRLEIGH.

